PLM iviews

We are and FDA regulated company and as part of that we are required to store our operating procedures in a secure environment so they can not be changed without the proper authority. But while they are stored there we need to be able to give access to people to read. We recently implemented PLM and now I am looking for an iview (besides the search document transaction iview) that will let me display these procedures. Will the PLM Business Package accomplish this, if so where can I find the download or does anyone have any ideas how to view specific numbered documents within PLM through EP.

The business package should be listed on this website. Go to downloads -> Portal Content Portfolio. If there is a PLM Business package it will be there. You can download it there too. Probably the most important thing though is you also have the documentation there for the business package, including a list of iviews and what they do.
Paul

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hi,
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See
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4) SOAP adapter converts the incoming SOAP message into XI Message.
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6) Response is mapped and routed back as SOAP message.
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Sender Soap Communication channel is setup in Configuration along with other essential configuration steps.
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Override the default URL with following while generating WSDL.
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I have download the BP 50.3.1 for Products/Assets/Projects --> migrate them into a EP 6.0.
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(sorry for my english, i try my best)
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Hello Yoav!
thanks for a rapid reply!
I get this Exception in my java console.
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I am new to the PLM portal .
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In the PLM portal how the portal objects like (Iviews,pages,workset,roles) get into the portal, as i gone thru the properties of many objects says that those are created by "SAP", then in that case how the objects are handledsd either from business package deployment of PLM in portal or it comes along with SAP PLM ECC box ?? please clarify
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Currently we are using ECC 7.0 system, but i have one dought.
I think you mean ECC 6.0 since there is no ECC7.0 system available yet.
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I am not sure how to give you a "complete picture" in one forum post.
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Currently i am seeing that all the ABAP Webdynpro objects in ECC 7.0 are SAP Standard ABAP components, not even they created single new object.
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